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-No. 229,183. Patented June 22,1880. J 1y;

N I HNH mum Hum WITNESSES INVBNTQ J BY ATTORNEYS.

, UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

MAX RUBIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SOHEUER BROTHER AND LOUISSANDERS, OF SAME PLACE.

FAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,188, dated June 22,1880,

Application filed January 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX RUBIN, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fans, of

which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the im provement closed. Fig. 2 is aside elevation, partly in section, of the fan opened. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of the fan [0 closed. Fig. 4. is an edgeview of one of the stiffening-strips.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

This invention relates to that class of fans in which the web issecuredupon'two hinged handles, and has for its-object to make the fansstronger, stifi'er, and more durable.

The invention consists in connecting the handles by a double-jointedhinge, in recessing the handles to receive the folded web, in

combining stiffening-strips with the hingepivots and the web, and incombining with the handles a catch for fastening the handles to getherwhen the fan is closed and when open,

2 5 as will be hereinafter fully described.

A B are the two handles of the fan. The handles A B are hinged to eachother at their upper ends by two plates, 0, through which two pivots, D,pass, so that the handles A B may be parallel with each other when thefan is closed and when it is open.

E is the web of the fan, which is made of paper, cloth, or othersuitable material cut into a long strip'and folded in the usual Way. The

3 5 folds of the web E are loosely sewed together at one end, and theouter folds are secured to the. handles A B.

The inner sides of the handles A B, for a distance equal. to the lengthof the folds of the 40 web E, are recessed to receive thefolded web E,the recesses being made of such a depth that each recess may receivehalf the folded web E, so that the inner sides of the handles A B, whenthe fan is closed, may be parallel 5 with each other and close together,the web E being entirely inclosed and protected' The web E is stiffenedand strengthened by two strips, F, of thin sheet metal or other suitablematerial, which strips are bent over. at

one end to form eyes to receive the pivots D.

The strips F are placed between and secured to two folds of the web E,so as to be entirely concealed.

The handles A B are provided with fastenings to hold them closetogether, both when 5 5 the fan is closed and when it is opened. Thefastening may be placed near the edge of the web E or at the ends of thehandles.

The fastening G (shown in the drawings) is a pivot having a crosshead ateach end, which pivot passes through and is pivoted to one handle, as B,and the other handle has a slit through it of such a size that thecross-head of the pivot G will pass through it, so that the handles maybe fastened together by passing the said cross-head through the saidslit and then turning the pivot through a quarter of a revolution,bringing the cross-head across 'the slit, as shown in Fig. 1.

The handles A B may be fastenedl together at their ends by a ring orloop, H, hinged to the end of one handle in such a way that it may beswung over the end of the other handle, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Various other fastenings may be used pro vided they are so formed as tofasten the said handles when face to face, as shown in Fig. l,'

and when back to back, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my in ven tion, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Fat ent 1. In a fan, the combination, with the twohandles A B and the web E, of the two pivots D and the twoconnecting-plates 0, substantially as herein shown and described,whereby a double-jointed hinge is produced to allow the handles to beparallel when the fan is open and when closed, as set forth.

2. In a fan, the handles A B, made substantially as herein shown anddescribed, with recesses in their inner sides to receive the folded webE, as set forth. 7

3. A fan provided with two strips, F, concealed in the folds of the weband having end eyes, whereby they both stiffen the web and 5 support thepivots D, as shown and described.

MAX RUBIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGW'ICK.

